A blog about the garden based learning that's happening at Marquez Charter School in Pacific Palisades, CA.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Ms. Farrell's Class Makes Salsa

Today Ms. Farrell's 3rd grader made salsa, sauce in Spanish, as a followup to planting a salsa garden as 2nd graders. We used some of the green onions from the lower garden in the recipe. The tomatoes from the school garden have finished fruiting. The rest of the ingredients were donated by Gelson's, a supporter of our seed to table program.

Wash hands. Cut all ingredients in small pieces. Use a garlic press or mince the garlic. Note: Take care to not rub eyes if handling garlic or peppers and to wash hands again after cutting. Serve with tortilla chips.

We used different colors of heirloom tomatoes to make the salsa look pretty.

About Me

I am the founder of the non-profit Palisades Cares which encourages community service. We also educate the community on environmental, health and other topics through workshops and other events. For more details visit www.palisadescares.org or www.palisadescares.blogspot.com.

As a UCCE Master Gardener, I network with the community to encourage edible gardening, enhance school gardens and especially encourage young gardeners. During the school year I am the volunteer garden teacher at Marquez Charter School. The garden blog is www.marquezschoolediblegarden.blogspot.com. I also hold periodic garden workshops for children at the Palisades Branch library and publish a kids garden blog: www.palikidsgarden.blogspot.com.